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HippieVan
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I've been trying to post something all day about how dumb Drunkduck is being lately, but I couldn't because I couldn't stay online for more than a few seconds.
Duchess of Friday Newsposts and the holy Top Ten
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Ozoneocean
at 8:57PM, Sept. 17, 2008
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Ryuthehedgewolf
Anybody else noticing Drunkduck getting slower? And the errors and stuff are more frequent :(
I hope everything gets fixed soon :(
Hippie VanCurrently the server can't handle the traffic. I'm assured though that we should be moving to another sever soon.
I've been trying to post something all day about how dumb Drunkduck is being lately, but I couldn't because I couldn't stay online for more than a few seconds.
But because of where the programming team are located now, Hurricane Ike has caused some delays to that.
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amanda
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Apparently, in some parts of Houston, they've said the power won't be restored for upwards of three weeks. Three weeks! Some of my coworkers live in Houston, and they've had to temporarily relocate to Austin and share living quarters with us…and their families… because all the hotels are booked solid.
=[ Yeah, that's my rant.
=[ Yeah, that's my rant.
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Brogan
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Tomorrow is my last day of my Florida vacation. Monday I have to go to work. What the hell?!?
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Skullbie
at 2:00AM, Sept. 18, 2008
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so i've gotta hand out with my old friend on Saturday, only he's a douche. maybe i'll just cancel, or not call him, then i will be the douchyest of them all
Stupid DD…malfunctioning on my update day. at least my comic displayed at times so i could check the comments. *licks comments*
i made this totally badass comic tutorial site. Well it's for my dreamweaver class, and i cheated by using photoshop… and it's not up and working….
oh well
fcuk grammar
Stupid DD…malfunctioning on my update day. at least my comic displayed at times so i could check the comments. *licks comments*
i made this totally badass comic tutorial site. Well it's for my dreamweaver class, and i cheated by using photoshop… and it's not up and working….
oh well
fcuk grammar
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Custard Trout
at 2:21AM, Sept. 18, 2008
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Blah blah DD blah blah crapping itself and dying blah blah.
I mean, I do understand the problem and that it's going to fixed, but it's still irritating as hell.
I mean, I do understand the problem and that it's going to fixed, but it's still irritating as hell.
Hey buddy, you should be a Russian Cosmonaut, and here's why.
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JoeL_CQB
at 10:11PM, Sept. 18, 2008
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Ozoneocean
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JoeL_CQBLucky it's located in “Flushing” then… Phew!
I'm shitting bricks
What a funny name for a place. Although we have some bad ones here, there's a suburb called “Dog Swamp”. I don't think it has an actual swamp in it though…
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JoeL_CQB
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ozoneoceanJoeL_CQBLucky it's located in “Flushing” then… Phew!
I'm shitting bricks
What a funny name for a place. Although we have some bad ones here, there's a suburb called “Dog Swamp”. I don't think it has an actual swamp in it though…
here, i've seen a “Chocolate Road” but it's not made out of chocolate. D:
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Ozoneocean
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Is that part of the Hershey Highway?
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Custard Trout
at 10:42PM, Sept. 18, 2008
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DD only works when it's early over here, when there's no one else around of course.
My fucking chair broke the other day, after only a week of use. Stupid chair. Luckily I found a decent one on sale, so hopefully this one will last.
My fucking chair broke the other day, after only a week of use. Stupid chair. Luckily I found a decent one on sale, so hopefully this one will last.
Hey buddy, you should be a Russian Cosmonaut, and here's why.
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skoolmunkee
at 1:22AM, Sept. 19, 2008
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I've been spending a lot of my ‘waiting to see if pages will load’ time wondering how everything could work fine one day, and then the next it barely works at all.
IT'S OLD BATMAN
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usedbooks
at 7:28PM, Sept. 21, 2008
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Awe. half of the comments on Friday's update vanished, the images aren't showing up (yet?), and I have to re-upload two buffer pages. :( But YAY for DD being back! Hopefully working smoothly again? Dare I hope?
EDIT
Ack! No “Add Page” button. Guess I'll have to wait to get those buffer pages up.
EDIT AGAIN
Got around that. Mwahaha! Thank you, “View Page Source!” ;)
EDIT
Ack! No “Add Page” button. Guess I'll have to wait to get those buffer pages up.
EDIT AGAIN
Got around that. Mwahaha! Thank you, “View Page Source!” ;)
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Skullbie
at 8:09PM, Sept. 21, 2008
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my pirate avatar was either to awesome for DD to handle or it's a conspiracy to forget pirate day…
Whatever, i'm going to make my shitty off host site no matter what it takes. I've put it off far to long
Whatever, i'm going to make my shitty off host site no matter what it takes. I've put it off far to long
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Ozoneocean
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It seems the site was migrated to the new server… Guessing here, and the last backup was used, which didn't include the stuff done over the weekend.
Now that's pretty bloody slipshod if you ask me… Very crappy.
But if it has moved to the new server, at least that's something.
Now that's pretty bloody slipshod if you ask me… Very crappy.
But if it has moved to the new server, at least that's something.
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usedbooks
at 9:51PM, Sept. 21, 2008
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Sigh. I can only access the site through a proxy server right now, but I'm glad I can access it.
I'm wondering if I should let my pre-uploaded pages go live or delete them and wait for the site to work for everyone. I think I'll just let Monday's page go live and decide based on the pageviews/comments.
I'm wondering if I should let my pre-uploaded pages go live or delete them and wait for the site to work for everyone. I think I'll just let Monday's page go live and decide based on the pageviews/comments.
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Ozoneocean
at 10:24PM, Sept. 21, 2008
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If you change your DNS to Open DNS for now, things will be cool.
http://www.opendns.com/
There should be instructions on the site. :)
http://www.opendns.com/
There should be instructions on the site. :)
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usedbooks
at 10:34PM, Sept. 21, 2008
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Thanks! I didn't know about that. Man, I feel like a pre-internet time-traveler sometimes…
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Ozoneocean
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Heh, I'd have never known about it if it wasn't for the big DNS exploit scare that was going on a couple of months ago. My work comp was using a vulnerable DNS so I changed it to Open DNS… and today I realised that was probably why I could see DD fine while a lot of people couldn't yet. I've just changed my home comp to Open DNS for the time being because the DNS my ISP uses isn't loading the pics at DD yet either. :)
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Skullbie
at 4:24AM, Sept. 22, 2008
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I wish i knew how/had the materials to make tea. My stomach is really upset and i feel tea will make me better.
( even though i hate it.)
It's 4:30 a.m. as well, maybe i'll find some tea place that opens early and head out later.
ugh please don't be food poisoning.
( even though i hate it.)
It's 4:30 a.m. as well, maybe i'll find some tea place that opens early and head out later.
ugh please don't be food poisoning.
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Ozoneocean
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Probably due to you going around here in the nude…
———-
There are still errors on the site. Still being logged out occasionally, things not loading correctly… Is this a faster server or did things just seem faster and more stable because hardly anyone could or can access DD right now?
Should I be surprised? lol!
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There are still errors on the site. Still being logged out occasionally, things not loading correctly… Is this a faster server or did things just seem faster and more stable because hardly anyone could or can access DD right now?
Should I be surprised? lol!
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lba
at 11:59AM, Sept. 22, 2008
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I think it's the new server, because I'm not having any problems whatsoever and all of last week I couldn't even log on without being logged off as soon as I navigated to a new page.
I can live with a few bugs on this one, the fact that they had to go to a new server means there's more people, which in turn means more awesome new comics and stuff to read ( Not that I'm not already pathetically behind on the ones I normally read. ). In a certain way of looking at it, the problems we're encountering currently could be a good thing. At least that's the way I like to think of it.
As for ranting and whatnot: I think I may have to get some serious leather gloves or something. I've recently picked up on using a more graffiti influenced style and that means lots of stencils and cutting stuff, and as a result my hands are just absolutely covered in cuts from the X-Acto knife slipping. It's a weird sensation having your skin open and close in 20+ different places when you move your hand. But I like doing the stencils [i[way too much to even think about quitting them. They just look so cool. I'll get better at not cutting myself as I try it more I think.
I can live with a few bugs on this one, the fact that they had to go to a new server means there's more people, which in turn means more awesome new comics and stuff to read ( Not that I'm not already pathetically behind on the ones I normally read. ). In a certain way of looking at it, the problems we're encountering currently could be a good thing. At least that's the way I like to think of it.
As for ranting and whatnot: I think I may have to get some serious leather gloves or something. I've recently picked up on using a more graffiti influenced style and that means lots of stencils and cutting stuff, and as a result my hands are just absolutely covered in cuts from the X-Acto knife slipping. It's a weird sensation having your skin open and close in 20+ different places when you move your hand. But I like doing the stencils [i[way too much to even think about quitting them. They just look so cool. I'll get better at not cutting myself as I try it more I think.
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seventy2
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i need to get my passport fast….like 4 months ago fast. there's a super awesome trip coming up and if i cant get my passport…then i'm stuck not going, and i may never get another chance to have first dibs on said super awesome trip.
also everything sucks. and so do you. but not you.
also everything sucks. and so do you. but not you.
facara
Running Anew an exercise blog.
I'm gonna love you till the money comes, half of it's gonna be mine someday.
Running Anew an exercise blog.
I'm gonna love you till the money comes, half of it's gonna be mine someday.
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bravo1102
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lba
As for ranting and whatnot: I think I may have to get some serious leather gloves or something. I've recently picked up on using a more graffiti influenced style and that means lots of stencils and cutting stuff, and as a result my hands are just absolutely covered in cuts from the X-Acto knife slipping. It's a weird sensation having your skin open and close in 20+ different places when you move your hand. But I like doing the stencils [i[way too much to even think about quitting them. They just look so cool. I'll get better at not cutting myself as I try it more I think.
I've been dealing with that for 33 years. Adult Plastic model builders are a pretty hard core bunch. Everytime I change blades (#11 and #2 for detail cutting) I get at least 4 cuts. I'll see the blood on the piece and get a Band-aid and put on a pressure bandage. How about gouging yourself with a slip of the Dremel tool?
Then there's photoetch. For that you keep a fresh super sharp blade handy. Then the edges of the etched brass are very sharp and you have to fold it into tiny complex shapes. No gloves or else you lose the touch. Fortunately not every cut draws blood.
Don't make me laugh. And you do know that the current part count for a 1/35th scale armor model is almost 800? That's before the photoetch. Try folding a 1/72 aircraft cockpit that is smaller than an inch long. Everything is measured in millimeters.
And comes the masking and airbrushing, counter shading, back shading, pastels and weathering powders. All for something looked down upon as a kids' hobby. It isn't. Think about masking the canopy of a World war II bomber and realize that it's the same as your stencils but it's after all so much other stuff that it's the easy part! I often do it freehand with a little bitty brush. Steady hand even with all those cuts. :)
Excuse me but I have to paint facial hair, puggeree flashes and rank insignia on 50 WWI British infantry each standing about 2 centimeters tall.
This is what I call fun. ;)
But only other model builders get it. I'm sure the artists out there think you're above guys who build “plastic model kits” or “scale figures” (the usual scale figure is basically a 3-dimensional oil painting) I have an artist friend (I'm really jealous of him, he's a NYC asst District Attorney but he's had two solo shows) but he can't figure out how I can build the pieces I've given him. Guess shedding all that blood and cutting my fingers badly enough to in essence change my fingerprints every six months is worth something after all.
Thanks for reading the vent. Those rank stripes on sleeves less than 2 mm wide can't wait.
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Ozoneocean
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I tried painting and custom modelling Warhammer 40K miniatures for a while… not because I liked the game, which I've only a handful of times, but because I liked the figures. :)
Cutting and crafting those little lead and plastic things and panting them with 000 sable brushes was tricky work… When a 000 sable brush is too big and clumsy for the job, that's something. :)
Cutting and crafting those little lead and plastic things and panting them with 000 sable brushes was tricky work… When a 000 sable brush is too big and clumsy for the job, that's something. :)
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Custard Trout
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I tried painting and custom modelling Warhammer 40K miniatures for a while… not because I liked the game, which I've only a handful of times, but because I liked the figures. :)
Same here. I was thinking of collecting them again, but they're so fucking expensive.
So anyway, I've just sort of moved into my new room at college. It's self catered, so for the first time in my life I'm actually worried about money. I'll need to spend carefully if I'm to continue avoiding a job. I know I'm going to have to get one eventually, but I'm going to stretch it out for as long as I can. Being a drain on society is fun!
Hey buddy, you should be a Russian Cosmonaut, and here's why.
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loam
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YES! Typist's cramp!
YES! Degenerated back muscles!!
YES! Not allowed to draw for the entire week - and not sure about the next one either!!! But then again, I'm allowed to work!!! My darling job that forces me to type all day!!! Isn't that just lovely???
Well, at least I still have my sarcasm…
YES! Degenerated back muscles!!
YES! Not allowed to draw for the entire week - and not sure about the next one either!!! But then again, I'm allowed to work!!! My darling job that forces me to type all day!!! Isn't that just lovely???
Well, at least I still have my sarcasm…
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Skullbie
at 4:23AM, Sept. 23, 2008
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This sucks. I have all these awesome ideas and no time to do them because of school.
I wanna make this online guide/magazine, my own site, finish my stupid essay,take over the world, make a poster for my comic, rob a bank, and make donation ‘freebies’.
oh and then do my actual comic but that's easy.
I wanna make this online guide/magazine, my own site, finish my stupid essay,take over the world, make a poster for my comic, rob a bank, and make donation ‘freebies’.
oh and then do my actual comic but that's easy.
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Puff_Of_Smoke
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SkullbieNot to mention, you have that black/green question mark man stealing your avatar.
This sucks. I have all these awesome ideas and no time to do them because of school.
I wanna make this online guide/magazine, my own site, finish my stupid essay,take over the world, make a poster for my comic, rob a bank, and make donation ‘freebies’.
oh and then do my actual comic but that's easy.
I
I have a gun. It's really powerful. Especially against living things.
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Skullbie
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Puff_Of_Smokepuff! u racist >0
black man stealing
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